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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Elaterini » Elater » Elater abruptus
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Elater? - Elater abruptus
Copyright © 2011 roar

Elater? - Elater abruptus
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 17, 2011
Size: 17mm
I have never seen an Elater in Pennsylvania, but it is all black, so I don't know what else it could be.

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Contributed by roar on 18 July, 2011 - 10:51am

Moved tentatively; nice find, nice shot, and great call
thanks!
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 18 July, 2011 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

 
This was a surprise to me too
I thought they lived only close to the shore. This was found in the evening, not even at lights. At first I thought it was a common Melanopus, but I looked closer and I thought it was an Elater.
… roar, 18 July, 2011 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

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